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'''Dana Walter Nance Mackenzie''', <br/>
an American mathematician, science writer, chess [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_title#Master national master] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_title#Life_Master USCF life master] (LM) <ref>[https://blog.chesslecture.com/meet-the-masters/lm-dana-mackenzie/ LM Dana Mackenzie - ChessLecture]</ref>, two-time former champion of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina North Carolina] <ref>[http://danamackenzie.com/about/chess/ Chess - Dana Mackenzie]</ref>, chess lecturer, and chess blogger. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University Princeton University] in 1983 under advisor [[Mathematician#FJAlmgren|Frederick Justin Almgren Jr.]] <ref>[https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=17382 Dana Mackenzie - The Mathematics Genealogy Project]</ref>, and was math professor for thirteen years before becoming a full-time science writer <ref>[[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2012'''). ''[https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9662.html The Universe in Zero Words]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University_Press Princeton University Press]</ref>. Dana Mackenzie has authored and co-authored several volumes of ''What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences'' <ref>[http://www.ams.org/samplings/math-history/happening-series AMS :: Whats Happening in the Mathematical Sciences]</ref>, an ongoing series published by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society American Mathematical Society] (AMS).
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/dana-mackenzie/ Dana Mackenzie – Hachette Book Group]</ref>
==1983==
* [[Dana Mackenzie|Dana Nance]] ('''1983'''). ''A Priori Integral Geometric Estimates for Non-Positively Curved Surfaces''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University Princeton University], advisor [[Mathematician#FJAlmgren|Frederick Justin Almgren Jr.]]
==2000 ...==
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2003'''). ''[http://www.danamackenzie.com/books.htm The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wiley_%26_Sons Wiley] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant-impact hypothesis from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Dana Mackenzie]], [[Mathematician#BarryCipra|Barry Cipra]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://bookstore.ams.org/happening-6 What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 6]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2009'''). ''[https://bookstore.ams.org/happening-7 What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 7]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
==2010 ...==
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2011'''). ''[http://www.ams.org/publications/authors/books/postpub/happening-8a What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 8]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2012'''). ''[https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9662.html The Universe in Zero Words]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University_Press Princeton University Press]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2013'''). ''What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 9''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS], [https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Happening-Mathematical-Sciences-Mathermatical/dp/0821887394 amazon]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]], [[Mathematician#BarryCipra|Barry Cipra]] ('''2015'''). ''[https://bookstore.ams.org/happening-10 What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 10]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
* [[Judea Pearl]], [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2018'''). ''[https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/judea-pearl/the-book-of-why/9780465097616/ The Book of Why]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Books Basic Books]
=External Links=
* [http://danamackenzie.com/ Dana Mackenzie]
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=17382 Dana Mackenzie - The Mathematics Genealogy Project]
==Chess==
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=35604 The chess games of Dana N Mackenzie] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2010925 Mackenzie, Dana N. FIDE Chess Profile]
* [http://danamackenzie.com/about/chess/ Chess - Dana Mackenzie]
* [https://blog.chesslecture.com/meet-the-masters/lm-dana-mackenzie/ LM Dana Mackenzie - ChessLecture]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/ Dana Blogs Chess]
==Computer Chess==
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=1119 Computer chess: Does it matter?] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], July 02, 2011 » [[Rybka Controversy]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=1120 First win against Shredder 12!] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], July 03, 2011 » [[Shredder]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=1409 My Games Against World Champions (Part 1)] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], April 24, 2012 » [[Belle]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=5068 One Small Step for Computers, One Giant Leap for Mankind] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], December 06, 2017 » [[AlphaZero]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=5072 How AlphaZero Wins] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], December 15, 2017 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66349 Article:"How Alpha Zero Sees/Wins"] by AA Ross, [[CCC]], January 17, 2018</ref>
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=5901 Last Computer Game for 2019] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], July 01, 2019 » [[Shredder]]
=References=
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[[FILE:DanaMackenzie.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://danamackenzie.com/about/chess/| Dana Mackenzie <ref>[http://danamackenzie.com/about/chess/ Chess - Dana Mackenzie], Photo by [http://photos.santacruzsentinel.com/tag/bill-lovejoy/ Bill Lovejoy] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Sentinel Santa Cruz Sentinel]</ref> ]]
'''Dana Walter Nance Mackenzie''', <br/>
an American mathematician, science writer, chess [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_title#Master national master] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_title#Life_Master USCF life master] (LM) <ref>[https://blog.chesslecture.com/meet-the-masters/lm-dana-mackenzie/ LM Dana Mackenzie - ChessLecture]</ref>, two-time former champion of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina North Carolina] <ref>[http://danamackenzie.com/about/chess/ Chess - Dana Mackenzie]</ref>, chess lecturer, and chess blogger. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University Princeton University] in 1983 under advisor [[Mathematician#FJAlmgren|Frederick Justin Almgren Jr.]] <ref>[https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=17382 Dana Mackenzie - The Mathematics Genealogy Project]</ref>, and was math professor for thirteen years before becoming a full-time science writer <ref>[[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2012'''). ''[https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9662.html The Universe in Zero Words]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University_Press Princeton University Press]</ref>. Dana Mackenzie has authored and co-authored several volumes of ''What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences'' <ref>[http://www.ams.org/samplings/math-history/happening-series AMS :: Whats Happening in the Mathematical Sciences]</ref>, an ongoing series published by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society American Mathematical Society] (AMS).
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/dana-mackenzie/ Dana Mackenzie – Hachette Book Group]</ref>
==1983==
* [[Dana Mackenzie|Dana Nance]] ('''1983'''). ''A Priori Integral Geometric Estimates for Non-Positively Curved Surfaces''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University Princeton University], advisor [[Mathematician#FJAlmgren|Frederick Justin Almgren Jr.]]
==2000 ...==
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2003'''). ''[http://www.danamackenzie.com/books.htm The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wiley_%26_Sons Wiley] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant-impact hypothesis from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Dana Mackenzie]], [[Mathematician#BarryCipra|Barry Cipra]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://bookstore.ams.org/happening-6 What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 6]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2009'''). ''[https://bookstore.ams.org/happening-7 What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 7]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
==2010 ...==
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2011'''). ''[http://www.ams.org/publications/authors/books/postpub/happening-8a What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 8]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2012'''). ''[https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9662.html The Universe in Zero Words]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University_Press Princeton University Press]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2013'''). ''What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 9''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS], [https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Happening-Mathematical-Sciences-Mathermatical/dp/0821887394 amazon]
* [[Dana Mackenzie]], [[Mathematician#BarryCipra|Barry Cipra]] ('''2015'''). ''[https://bookstore.ams.org/happening-10 What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 10]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematical_Society AMS]
* [[Judea Pearl]], [[Dana Mackenzie]] ('''2018'''). ''[https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/judea-pearl/the-book-of-why/9780465097616/ The Book of Why]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Books Basic Books]
=External Links=
* [http://danamackenzie.com/ Dana Mackenzie]
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=17382 Dana Mackenzie - The Mathematics Genealogy Project]
==Chess==
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=35604 The chess games of Dana N Mackenzie] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2010925 Mackenzie, Dana N. FIDE Chess Profile]
* [http://danamackenzie.com/about/chess/ Chess - Dana Mackenzie]
* [https://blog.chesslecture.com/meet-the-masters/lm-dana-mackenzie/ LM Dana Mackenzie - ChessLecture]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/ Dana Blogs Chess]
==Computer Chess==
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=1119 Computer chess: Does it matter?] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], July 02, 2011 » [[Rybka Controversy]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=1120 First win against Shredder 12!] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], July 03, 2011 » [[Shredder]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=1409 My Games Against World Champions (Part 1)] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], April 24, 2012 » [[Belle]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=5068 One Small Step for Computers, One Giant Leap for Mankind] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], December 06, 2017 » [[AlphaZero]]
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=5072 How AlphaZero Wins] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], December 15, 2017 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66349 Article:"How Alpha Zero Sees/Wins"] by AA Ross, [[CCC]], January 17, 2018</ref>
* [http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=5901 Last Computer Game for 2019] by [[Dana Mackenzie]], July 01, 2019 » [[Shredder]]
=References=
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